Innholdsfortegnelse for 2021-11-11 i Daily Voice

SOCIAL media influencer Nadia Jaftha has distanced herself from queerphobic comments made by her brother, Taariq Jaftha. Taariq took to his Instagram Stories where he proclaimed to be anti-LGBT(QIA+) in several posts. He posted being “LGBT is a disease, not a human right”. The poker pro said that although he was against violence and queer people being attacked, he co-signed the controversial Ghanaian bill that would criminalise homosexuality and make advocating for LGBT people a crime. And if “they publicise their sins lock em up”, he added. Taariq also spoke about anal sex being a sin and agreed with the transphobic policies being tabled in Texas in the US. As more and more people reacted to his posts, sister Nadia distanced herself from his comment by sharing a message on…

THIS Mitchells Plain boy is raring to go and gallop to success but needs a little help. The 16-year-old’s mother is now hoping to raise funds for him to join a jockey academy. Westridge resident Charnelle Fisher said her son Ashton needs R130 0000 to attend the apprentice jockey programme at the prestigious South Africa Jockey Academy in Durban. “Ashton is a very shy boy and I was a bit worried about what he was going to do in the future, until we saw the ad for a jockey camp in the newspaper and he told me that he would be interested in doing it,” says Charnelle. “Ashton really loves his animals and he also loves sport so getting the chance to combine both of them will be really great…